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The reaction of isoprene, hydrogen peroxide, and commercial hydrobromic acid gives 1-bromo-2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, the low-temperature dehydrobromination of which gives isoprene oxide in high yield.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 736–737, June, 1989.
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Arakelyan, A.S., Dvoryanchikov, A.I. & Gevorkyan, A.A. Preparative synthesis of isoprene oxide. Chem Heterocycl Compd 25, 604–605 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00470013
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